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Coronavirus in Indiana: 14 more deaths statewide, cases up 20% in a day; Tippecanoe holds steady

LAFAYETTE – Fourteen Indiana patients died of coronavirus in the past day, bringing the state’s death toll to 49, according to figures the Indiana State Health Department released Tuesday morning.

In Tippecanoe County, the number of confirmed cases held at 14, the same number reported on Monday.

An illustration image of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.(Photo: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Indiana as of Tuesday had surpassed the 2,000 mark for coronavirus cases with 2,159 – up 20.8 percent since Monday – a ccording to the state dashboard.

Tippecanoe County still has a single coronavirus-related death, reported on Friday. The man, described only as older than 60, had been hospitalized at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.

The state map continued to show that every county bordering Tippecanoe County had cases, except for Benton County. Among Tippecanoe County’s direct neighbors:

► Montgomery County: 6

► Warren County: 2

► Fountain County: 1

► Clinton County: 1

► Carroll County: 2

► White County: 2

To the north, Jasper County had eight cases and Newton County had one case.

The number of confirmed cases for central Indiana surpassed 1,000. Marion County had a total of 964, with 170 new cases. Hamilton and Johnson counties each had more than 100 cases, with 127 and 101, respectively. Hendricks County had 70 cases.

Five of the new deaths occurred in Marion County, for a total of 17 deaths.

Lake County is the only other place in the state with more than 100 cases, 50 of which were new, with 146 cases and five deaths.

Decatur, Franklin and Ripley counties, not as populous as other areas of the state, also saw a high number of cases, with 47, 35 and 31 respectively. Madison County had 38.

All but 11 Indiana counties have at least one case of the virus that causes the disease called COVID-19.